Born in 1941 in Gyumri, Armenia. Member of the Artists’ Union of Armenia since 1970. Secretary of the Artists’ Union of Armenia in 1977-1987. Member of USSR Artists’ Union Board of Directors since 1970. Lecturer at Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts since 1990. Head of Paintings Department at Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts since 2003. Professor at Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts since 2004.

Works are exhibited at National Gallery of Armenia, Tretyakov Gallery and Oriental Art Museum (Moscow, Russia), City Gallery (Rostov-on-Don, Russia), City Gallery (Uzhgorod, Ukraine), City Gallery (Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan), City Gallery (Vanadzor, Armenia), City Gallery (Jermuk, Armenia) and in several galleries in Poland and Croatia.